Extension-table



Patented Nov. I, [898. F. P. MUSSER.

EXTENSION TABLE.

(Application filed Feb. 19, 1898.)l

2 Sheets-Sheet l.

d l.% W. .m Ww \v N. 1Q

(No Model.)

No. 6|3,589. Patented Nnv. l, |898. F. P. MUSSEH.

EXTENSION TABLE.

v (Applicafion led Feb. 19, 1898.) (No Model. 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK P. MUSSER, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

EXTENSION-TABLE.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,589, dated November1, 1898.

Application led February 19, 1898. Serial No. 670,884. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. MUSSER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements inExtension-Tables, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to extension-tables of that class or description inwhich the exten; sion-leaveswhen not in use are located and supportedunderneath the stationary top. The object of the invention is to providean improved construction of the same in which the extension-leaves areprovided with hinged drop-down ends, so that they can be readilyinserted below the stationary top when not required; but when in usesaid ends are eX- tended out horizontally and rest upon the side railsof the extension-sections.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional viewof an extensiontable constructed in accordance with my invention, one ofthe end sections being drawn out and one of the extension-leaves inplace for use, while the other section is shoved in and theextensionsleaf located under the stationary top. Fig. 2 is a bottom viewof the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective View looking from the under side ofone of the extensionleaves. Fig. 4.- is a detail transverse section ofthe guide-rails.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the stationarytop of the table, provided with depending side rails 2, connectedtogether by transverse bars 3. Secured to said bars 3 are stationarylongitudinal guidebars 5, provided on opposite sides with longitudinaldovetailed studs 6, which engage with corresponding grooves in themovable guide-rails 7. Said 'bars 5 at the center are connected by atransverse bar 8, and secured to said rails 7 near the outer ends aretransverse bars 9, to which the movable legs 10 of the table aresecured.

The numeral 12 designates the end rails of the table, secured to theouter lends of the rails 7. To said end rails are secured side rails 13,the inner ends of which are secured to horizontally-movable transversebars 14. These bars and rails constitute a movable section at each endof the table.

The numeral 15 designates rectangular movable leaves having hinged toeach end a drop-down leaf 16, provided with stops 17, which hold them atright angles to the main portion of the leaf when not in use and alsoserve to prevent lateral movement of the latter when in place. The saidleaves and top are provided with the usual dowel pins and holes. Theleaves are formed with recesses 1S, which serve as hand-holes.

In practice when the leaves are not in use the hinged extensions thereofare turned down at right angles and the leaves located underneath thetable-top and resting on the movable guide-rails. Vhen it is desired touse the leaves, one or both of the end sections is pulled out and theends of the leaf raised and the extension turned out into a horizontalposition and placed upon the side rails connected with said section,which will support them flush with the table-top. The said leaves arenot connected in any manner with the table, so that they can be readilyre'- mo'ved, if desired. A table thus constructed will present a neatand nished appearance, the side rails of the said extensions when pulledout forming, as it were, continuations of the side rails of the top.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In anextension-table, the combination with the stationary top, the side railsand the movable sections provided with side and end rails, of theremovable extension-leaves provided With hinged leaves havingrectangular stop-blocks adapted to hold the hinged leaves in aperpendicular position when dropped down and to engage with the saidside rails when said leaves are elevated so as to prevent lateralmovement of the extension-leaves, substantially as described.

2. In an extension-table, the combination with the stationary top, theside rails and the stationary guide-bars, the movable guiderails, theend rails secured thereto, andthe side rails and connecting-bars, of theremovable leaves, the extensions hinged to the ends thereof and thestops secured to said l 5 extensions and said leaves and extensionsformed with hand-holes, substantially as described.

messes.

FRANK I. MUSSER.

Titnessesr G. L. EBERHART, W. I. CRAWFORD.

